Statement of Solidarity of Black Civil Rights and Community-Based Organizations in Los Angeles
In Africa there is a concept known as Ubuntu – the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others; that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others. – Nelson Mandela...
A Letter to Mayor Garcetti: A First Step in Combating Anti-Black Racism
Dear Mr. Mayor, We have not seen a pandemic of the scale, swiftness, and severity of COVID-19 in over a century. But the virus of police violence against Black people has been with us for too long and is nothing new. While the current public health crisis is the...Los Angeles Urban League Addresses Protests Related to the Murder of George Floyd at the Hands of Police
The Los Angeles Urban League stands shoulder to shoulder with the protests fueled by the ruthless murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, and of Ahmaud Arbery protected by the complicit eyes of justice. These protests deserve full-throated...